RIM has dodged a bullet today. But it's very clear the bullet is coming their way.

Our broad base of businesses continued to deliver solid results in the first quarter.

(Thursday night) we reported a very good first quarter. In the parade of Eastman first quarters, this was the second best in a decade and was only overshadowed by the best quarter in our history, which was a year ago.

By bringing together our chemicals and fibers segments into one group, we'll benefit from the synergies among our performance chemicals and intermediates; fibers; and coatings, adhesives, specialty polymers and inks segments. And combining the strengths of our polyesters segments into one group, which will include our polymers and specialty plastics segments, will enable us to take advantage of our integrated polyester strategy.

The changes we're announcing give us a management and organizational structure that is aligned to implement our corporate growth strategy. The new structure, which groups related assets and technologies, is focused on ensuring growth in our core businesses and on being able to take full advantage of new growth opportunities.

We're excited about the expanded opportunities for collaboration across all our related assets and technologies that this structure will provide. Eastman has an 86-year legacy of customer service, operational performance and employees dedicated to excellence. By putting these leaders and organizations together in this new structure, we're building on those strengths and capabilities to help us achieve success in the future.